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GTC58
If you want to talk history the HKAOA actually managed to negotiate a significant pay-cut for US based FO's when COS08 was introduced and was only reversed in a legal settlement due to the thread of legal action (in the US, by 3 US based officers) in regards of age discrimination for those who where on COS99. Those FO's who joined the US base on COS08 will only catch up September 2018 as a common FO pay-scale was negotiated into the new US CBA.
Not entirely accurate, CoS’08 was not negotiated by the HKAOA. It was imposed on new joiners after the HKAOA negotiated CoS’07 failed. The exact differences between the two CoS I’m not sure, but I do know that CoS’07 was the better of the two. CoS’08 had several of the ‘07 sweeteners taken out.
It should also be noted that US based pilots had the option to stay on CoS’99 or sign over to CoS’08. There was a negotiated pay protection element, but it was inadequate as it had an expiration date. As it turns out, the choice was an illegal one as it involved a difference in terms in exchange for an increased retirement age. This is age discrimination in the USA.